Incidents

Armed Forces spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree said in a statement that a large number of ballistic missiles targeted "Saudi" military concentrations and weapons, as well as "warboats" operated by its affiliates and mercenaries in Mocha
Acts of War

Yemen Government says Houthi missiles kill four civilians in port city

Reuters
Port of Ust Luga, Russia
Acts of War

Fire breaks out at Russia's Ust-Luga oil export hub after drone attack

Reuters
Imparator Atila in 2024
Accidents

VIDEO | Over 100 evacuated after sightseeing vessel catches fire in Aegean Sea off Turkey

Jens Karsten
Container vessels at the Port of Rotterdam
Incidents

Blast kills one, injures six at Port of Rotterdam

Jens Karsten
Rescue boats comb the waters of the Kattegat just off the Swedish coast for any sign of a recreational vessel that had been struck by the Norwegian-flagged cargo ship Misje Verde on the night of July 28, 2026. Two of the recreational vessel's four occupants were later found dead.
Accidents

Swedish prosecutors lobby for extended detention of ship captain involved in deadly collision

Gareth Havelock
Aftermath of Russian missle attack on Guinea-Bissau-flagged Golden Leo
Acts of War

Ukraine proposes Black Sea truce to protect global food supply

Reuters
Port of Novorossiysk
Bulkers

Port shutdowns push Russia into deeper grain export slowdown

Reuters
Fire at Huahai shipyard in China, August 14, 2026.
Incidents

VIDEO | Blast at Chinese shipyard kills firefighter, injures 12

Reuters
The motor yacht Angiola listing heavily before eventually capsizing and sinking off Sardinia, August 11, 2026
Accidents

Yacht capsizes off Sardinia, Italy; all on board rescued

Gareth Havelock
A Russian official surveys the portion of the Sulak River where the capsizing had occurred.
Accidents

One dead, eight injured after tour boat capsizes in Russia's Dagestan republic

Gareth Havelock
Screenshot of video footage alleged to be that of the final voyage of the ferry Mbuya Nehanda on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on August 11, 2026. The ferry capsized later that same day, leaving at least 44 people dead.
Accidents

Zimbabwe ferry capsizing death toll climbs to 44

Jens Karsten
Screenshot of video showing US forces approaching Venezuela-linked tanker Veronica
Tankers

US officially clears GMS to dismantle two seized "shadow fleet" tankers

Reuters
The French Navy intercepts and boards a Russian shadow fleet tanker, the Deyna, March 2026
Crime & Piracy

Putin signals tit-for-tat response to EU crackdown on "shadow fleet"

Reuters
Some of the seized cocaine-laden boxes
Crime & Piracy

Cocaine totalling 1.2 tons seized at Ecuador's Guayaquil Port

Will Xavier
Port of Novorossiysk
Acts of War

Ukrainian drone attack on Russian naval base disables two grain terminals

Reuters
Indonesian ferry KMP Putri Yasmin on fire
Incidents

Another Indonesian ferry fire leaves one dead, 172 rescued

Reuters
Firefighters attempt to help put out the blaze in the engine room of the reefer ship Dole Colombia at the Port of Wilmington in Delaware, August 10, 2026.
Incidents

Fire ignites on reefer ship in Wilmington, Delaware

Gareth Havelock
Screenshot of video footage alleged to be that of the final voyage of the ferry Mbuya Nehanda on Lake Kariba in Zimbabwe on August 11, 2026. The ferry capsized later that same day, leaving at least 44 people dead.
Accidents

VIDEO | Zimbabwe lake ferry tragedy leaves 15 dead, 27 missing

Gareth Havelock
USCGC Vincent Danz, the US Coast Guard's 62nd Sentinel-class fast response cutter
Search and Rescue

Search suspended for missing boat with nine people aboard in Federated States of Micronesia

Will Xavier
Map showing both the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait
Incidents

Two separate ship attacks reported off Pakistan and in Bab el-Mandeb

Reuters
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